Forests ‘essential’ for the future, UN agriculture chief spells out in new report
Time is running out for the world’s forests, warns a new report by the United Nations agriculture agency, urging governments to foster an all-inclusive approach […]
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Millions denied citizenship due to ideas of national, ethnic or racial ‘purity’: UN rights expert
Ideologies which define nationality as being determined by ethnicity or bloodline are denying millions of people of their right to citizenship, a UN expert has […]
Act now to end violence, Zeid urges Nicaraguan authorities
The Nicaraguan authorities should “take real steps” to prevent further loss of life in the country amid ongoing protests and violent repression by pro-Government “armed […]
Zeid calls for ICC probe into Myanmar Rohingya crisis
Myanmar should “have some shame” after attempting to convince the world that it is willing to take back hundreds of thousands of refugees who fled […]
Mali facing ‘alarming’ rise in rights violations, warns UN expert
In Mali, a senior UN rights expert on Wednesday described an “alarming” deterioration of the security, human rights and humanitarian situation in northern and eastern […]
Women-Friendly Spaces for Rohingya refugees: A place for protection and care
Simple shelters that are little more than huts with bamboo sticks and plastic sheeting for walls, and tarpaulins overhead, are serving a very important purpose […]
Egypt urged to free prominent couple jailed arbitrarily since last June: UN rights office
The UN human rights office is urging Egypt to free a prominent married couple that has been arbitrarily detained for more than a year. UN […]
Palestinian Bedouin community faces demolition after Israeli court ruling, warns UN rights office
A Palestinian Bedouin community is under threat from a demolition order within days, to make way for Israeli settlement expansion, the UN human rights office, […]
UN chief hears ‘heartbreaking accounts’ of suffering from Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh; urges international community to ‘step up support’
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres visited Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh on Monday, declaring that “nothing could have prepared me for the scale of the […]
Parliaments can be pillars of democracy and defenders of human rights, says UN chief on International Day
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has underscored the “pivotal role” played by parliaments and their importance to “advance the aspirations” of the citizens they represent. […]